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1 ‘VERGOGNE’ = the importance we attach to the opinion of others « Let him be put to death, as the plague of the City, the man who shows himself to be incapable of taking part in the ‘Vergogne’ and Justice. » Zeus, via PLATON (Protagoras, 322b-323a). ‘Vergogne’ encourages virtue. and vice versa.
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2 Against social injustice, the Hippocratic method and the embryo of Athens Look for the mother of causes
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3 injustice in the corporate environment elimination of public services privatization of monetary creation environmental disasters unemployment low wages racism wars corruption abuse of power social injustice privilege betrayal by politicians The profusion of forms of social injustice => All of these are consequences ( branches ) But what is the cause of them? (the root) What cause?
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4 Various forms of social injustice Absence of checks on the powers that be and thus powerlessness of the people BAD CONSTITUTION elected members are NOT accountable, They CANNOT be dismissed, We are NOT free to choose our candidates, There is NO separation of powers, A people-initiated referendum is NOT provided for, Money is NOT public, etc. abandon by the people, lack of interest, lethargy… authors/ constituants in conflict of interest CONSEQUENCES CAUSE The cause of the cause of the cause The cause of the causes CAUSE OF THE CAUSE
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5 The people Representatives having the power to produce and impose the law THE CONSTITUTION To weaken and to worry useful and dangerous Above all, don’t let them draw it up
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6 Big Brother needs « new speak » We need to give back to words their real meaning Citizen or elector ? Autonomous or heteronomous ? « Universal suffrage » ? Politically, adult or infant ? Incompetent ?! Democracy or representative government ? « representatives » = servants or masters ? Constitution-protection or anti-constitution-prison ?
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7 From the beginning(1789), the so-called « republican » project has been anti-democratic Until 1789, everyone knew that an election is always aristocratic and that only sortition is democratic SieyesVoltaire Aristotle Montesquieu
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8 The consequences of regimes 200 years of sortition => government by the poor (99%). Always. 200 years of elections => government by the rich(1%). Always. For how much longer are the poor (99%) going to support the election as a sacred cow? Sortition is not worrying; luck does many good things. In a democracy worthy of the name, sortition is not used to GIVE power, it is used for the people to KEEP power! 200 years… drawing lots everyday… this is the very proof that it works!
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9 PROPOSITION At the base, among ourselves, in a« VIRAL », manner let’s propagate the awareness of the antidote to the oligarchic illness … to be numerous and READY, WHEN THE TIME COMES, to demand, ALL OF US, the same thing, the idea that will change everything because it is at the very source : « We demand a constituant assembly without professional politicians. »
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10 => Because it is not up to the men in power to write the rules of power “We demand a democratic constituent assembly, consequently one decided by the drawing by lots.” http://www.le-message.org 1. No prosperity without public money. 2. No public money without democracy. 3. No democracy without drawing by lots.
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